Support for porthole lights and covers



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Patented F (Ei, i923..

narran FREDER'CK F. FESCHAREK, F NOR- BERGEN, NEW? JERSEY.

SUPPORT FR PORTHOLE iGI-ITS AND CVERS.

Application led Gctober 27, 1922. Serial No. 597,269.

To all iti/0m t may concern.'

Ee it known that l, llnnnnnlon F. Fnsorrnnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Bergen, .-ludson County, State New Jersey, have invented ceri ain new and useful lmprovcments in Suppert -for Porthole Lights and Covers, oit which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to support porthole lights and covers oit ship windows and covers for other simi oriiices and has 'for its main object to pm vide a device ot the character mentioned which will be simple in construction, handy in use and inexpensive in manufacturing cost.

A further object of my invention is t provide such a device which will hav double means for supporting such iights and covers, said double means being independently releasable from one another, thereby perniitting, for instance, the closing or opening of porthole lights without disturbing` the suspended or open position ot the cover :for said porthole.

Further objects of my invention will be apparent as the specification ot the san'ie proceeds.

For afull description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the saine for effecting the various results mentioned hereinbei'ore, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings.

While the essential and characteristic teatures of the invention are susceptible oi modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which :n

Fig. l is a perspective view of my device in the double form as applied to a porthole light and cover of a ship, said porthole frame, light and cover, and a portion of Jthe ships hull being also shown but not torniing' part or this invention;

l? ig. 2 is afront elevational view ot the embodiment ot my device shown in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the same, and

F ig. 4 is another embodiment or" my in vention, to be used with a single porthole or other orifice covers only and showing improved means for facilitating their engage-- nient with and release from said covers.

leiferring more closely to the drawings, 5

is the hull of the ship and (i a porthole in the Same with trame .7 and locking screws and wing nuts S. ilingedly applied to the trame 7 are porthole lights 9 having the usual transparent glass plate it) therein and the inner metal cover ll. liioth light and cover have lugs l.: adapted to he engaged by the screw and fing nut 8 when it is ilesired to close and lock said light or said cover. The numeral i3 indicat my supporting device in general and the seule suspended from, the hull oit the ship and at a short height above the porthole by the chain le or by any other suitable means. ln the preferred embodiment of the saine as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, my device is composed two single hooks l5 and 16 with a hinged joint 17 between them. he upper hook device l5 has an opening i8 at its upper end to receive the suspending' chain or other means for said purpose, while the lower end oi the same is formed to receive the hinge device i?. Between said two ends and in the lower portion of the same, two horizontally extending projections i9 are formed, preferably with upwardly curved ends 2O and designed to receive the two lugs i2 on the porthole cover ll. rllhe lower hook device is :formed in a similar manner to the upper one, its upper portion being adapted to engage the hinge device 17 while the lower portion ot the saine is branching out into two additional projections 19 designed to engaoe the lugs l2 on the porthole light 9, Then .it desired to close both. the porthole light and cover, both the upper and lower hook devices l5 and 16, respectively, are pulled outwardly from underneath the lugs l2 and said lugs dropped into engagement with the wing screw and nut 8 and locked thereafter. Usually the light 9 open or closed while the cover ll is steadily lrept in a suspended open position, so that it is desirable to change the position oit the lower hoolr lo only of .my device. For this purpose, l employ the hinge device 17 which permits the movements of the lower hoolr lo independently oit 'the upper hook l5. A spring 2l may further he secured to the upper hook l5 to steady the movement of the lower one and to reep it in the right vertical position.

ln Al, l show a simplified embodiment of my device to be used with s ch cases where the portaole is hinging on a vertical and it is only necessary to suspend the llO porthole cover. In this embodiment, l also show two roller devices 22 applied on the branches i9 of my supporting hook and design to 'facilitate the (5ooperation of said supporting device with the lugs l2.

What l. claim es new and Went to protect by Letters Patent is l. A supporting device Yfor porthole lights and covers ol ships and the like, comprising a hook device with e vertical stein and two horizontally extending branches, means to suspend seid hook device, zisecond hook device similar to the first one and :i1-ranged undernezttii the sanne co-planarly with it Vand :i hinge device pivot-ally connecting; the stein ot the lower hook t0 :in extension of said upper hook.

2. A supporting device `for porthole lights end covers of ships and the like, comprising` two hook devices with horizontally extend- 2O ing hrfniches adapted to engage said lights or covers und a hinge device pivotally conmeeting seid tivo hooks; ineens to suspend the upper one of said hook devices; a hat spring secured to the. upper one of seid hook devices and engaging the lower one oi the seine, and rollers on said branches adapted to facilitate the engagement of seid hook devices with said covers or lights.

In testimony whereof, have signed iny naine to this specification in the presence of tivo subscribing Witnesses, this 21st dey ot October, 1992.

Witnesses:

@Hits G. VAizrzooii, 0. S. LERZAY. 

